Question

    “The headmaster wants you in his office.”

    The __1__ boy to whom friend says one of these things gets to __2__ about it and suddenly everyone around __3__ and shouts, “April Fool!” __4__ this is April 1, or All Fool’s Day.

    In Britain and in some other countries, it is __5__ to play tricks on people on that day. Children are __6__ to play harmless jokes on their friends until twelve o’clock at noon. Usually they __7__ to trick other children into __8__ foolish things. It is not only children __9__ like such jokes. Grown—ups also enjoy tricking others. Even newspapers and radios __10__ try to fool the __11__ with a clever April Fools’ story.

    Some time ago, for example, a very __12__ BBC TV programme did a ten-minute __13__ about spaghetti(意大利面條) trees in Italy. The reporter said that __14__ the recent bad weather, trees weren’t __15__ as much spaghetti as they __16__ did. He said the __17__ of spaghetti would __18__. A lot of TV viewers who didn’t know what spaghetti is made of actually __19__ the story. Some housewives hurried to buy __20__ food that was going to become in short supply.

1．A．clever

B．poor

C．good

D．excited

2．A．consider

B．fear

C．worry

D．frighten

3．A．laughs

B．speaks

C．jumps

D．quarrels

4．A．For

B．As

C．Such

D．So

5．A．easy

B．comfortable

C．moral

D．common

6．A．let

B．permitted

C．made

D．forbidden

7．A．manage

B．imagine

C．try

D．order

8．A．having

B．taking

C．making

D．doing

9．A．that

B．however

C．whatever

D．those

10．A．in time

B．at times

C．all the time

D．for a time

11．A．public

B．readers

C．listeners

D．children

12．A．famous

B．popular

C．serious

D．curious

13．A．announcement

B．show

C．news

D．report

14．A．about

B．to

C．with

D．for

15．A．planting

B．collecting

C．gathering

D．producing

16．A．normally

B．possibly

C．seldom

D．before

17．A．quantity

B．price

C．quality

D．taste

18．A．go off

B．go up

C．come down

D．come over

19．A．realized

B．accepted

C．believed

D．understood

20. A．/

B．a

C．all

D．the

 

Answer 1

答案：B;C;A;A;D;B;C;D;A;B;A;C;D;C;D;A;B;B;C;D
提示：

1.　　　　 從下文可知，讓這個(gè)男孩去見老師只不過是開的玩笑，被人耍了應(yīng)該是poor可憐的 2.　　　　 只有worry可以和about連用，且意思相符 3.　　　　 大家都明白這不過是一個(gè)玩笑，會(huì)laugh大笑 4.　　　　 for這里是因?yàn)榈囊馑迹�因�(yàn)橛奕斯?jié)。 5.　　　　 既然叫愚人節(jié)，可想而知在那一天開玩笑是common正常的，普通的，easy容易的，comfortable舒服的，moral精神的 6.　　　　 從常識(shí)以及第一段可知，愚人節(jié)開玩笑是permitted被允許的。 7.　　　　 try to do sth試著做某事，manage to do 表示設(shè)法成功做到某事，不可能每個(gè)玩笑都是成功的 8.　　　　 have擁有，take拿著，make制作，do做，應(yīng)該是做蠢事 9.　　　　 這里是定語從句，修飾前面的children，BCD都不符合意思 10.　　 in time及時(shí)，at times不時(shí)，all the time一直，for a time暫時(shí)一度 11.　　 public公眾，BCD均意思不符 12.　　 從后面得知，人們對這個(gè)節(jié)目中的假消息深信不疑，那么它應(yīng)該一向是個(gè)很嚴(yán)肅的節(jié)目 13.　　 announcement宣布，show節(jié)目，news新聞，report報(bào)道，news是不可數(shù)名詞 14.　　 for在這里是因?yàn)榈囊馑迹�因�(yàn)樘鞖鈮�，所以才�?dǎo)致了下面的結(jié)果 15.　　 主語是tree，只能選擇produce生產(chǎn)，產(chǎn)出 16.　　 normally通常，比通常的產(chǎn)量要少 17.　　 因?yàn)楫a(chǎn)量少了，所以有影響的只有價(jià)格 18.　　 產(chǎn)量少了，價(jià)格自然會(huì)上漲 19.　　 realize意識(shí)到，accept接受，believe相信，understand理解 20.　　 這里的food專門指意大利面條，特指